Cooking apparatus.



No. 706,206. Patented Aug.5, I902. S. SZENTJANOSSY.

COOKING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Mar. 18 1.902)

(No Model.)

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SIGMOND SZENTJANOSSY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COOKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,206, dated August 5, 1902.

Application filed March 18,1902. Serial No. 98,855. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be 1 t known that I, SIGMOND SZENTJANOSSY, a citizen of Hungary, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cooking Utensil, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved stew-pot, stew-pan, or similar cooking utensil in which food may be cooked without removing the cover and in which the aroma of the food will not needlessly be evaporated or pass o'lf in steam or vapor and from which the surplus of water or liquid may be poured without removing the cover; and with these and other ojects in view the invention consists in a cooking utensil of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which the separate parts of my.

improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of theviews, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved cooking utensil; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical and central section thereof, and Fig. 3 a plan view thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a cooking utensil of the class specified comprising a suitable vessel to, having a cover I) and provided at one side with a handle 0, and said vessel is also provided at the side thereof where the handle is attached with an upwardly-directed member (Z, which is preferably formed integrally with the handle or integrally with a supplemental piece which is secured to the vessel and with which the handle is connected, or said member cl may be formed or secured to the vessel a inany desired manner. The member (I is also provided with an opening (1 through which is passed a lug or projection 5 with which the cover I) is-provided.

The cover I) is provided centrally with a knob or handle 6 which is held-in place by a pin, screw, or similar device b secured in the cover I), and said cover is also provided at one side with a plurality of perforations or openings 72 and with a segmental keeper 1), which is secured thereto adjacent to the knob or handle N. I also provide a disk plate or shield e, which is adapted to rest and move on the cover I), and this disk plate or shield is provided at one side with a neck a having a circular head e through which the pin b passes, and the disk plate or shield e is free to turn on said pin,and in one position thereof, and said disk plate or shield is intended to cover the perforations or openings N, as indicated in dotted lines at (1 The shield e is provided at one side and opposite its pivotal connection with the cover I) with radially-arranged keepers 6 in which is mounted a radially-movable pin f, provided at its inner end with a knob head or handle f by which it may be moved radially on said shield, and secured to the side of the vessel a, directly opposite the handle a, is an upwardly-directed member g,similar to the member d, which is provided with a hole g ,through which the pin f is adapted to pass, and when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. l the shield e is locked to the cover I) and said cover is locked to the vessel to, and in this position of the parts steam or vapor is free to pass in small quantities through the perforations or openings b When the shield e is in the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, the perforations or openings 6 will be closed thereby and the steam or vapor, when the pressure is too great in the vessel a, will pass out from beneath said cover at the edges thereof, the said cover rising slightly to permit of this operation. The vessel on is also preferably provided at one side and opposite the handle a with a loop-shaped attachment h, by which it may be suspended from a suitable support when not in use, and as thus constructed it will be seen that the steam and vapor produced by the cooking of an article within the vessel (1 will be to a considerable ex tent confined within said vessel, only enough thereof being allowed to pass out to prevent the pressure from becoming too great within said vessel, and when the parts are in position shown in full lines in the drawings the water or other liquid may be poured out through the perforations or openings b in the cover 1).

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A'cooking utensil comprising a. vesselhavthrough the other of said members, substan- ,ing a cover provided at one side with perfotially as shown and described. rations or openings and witha pivoted shield In testimony whereof I have signed my adapted to cover said openings, said vessel bename to this specification, in the presence of 5 ing also provided at its opposite sides with twosubscribingwitnesses,atNewYork,N.Y., I5

upwardly-directed members, and said cover March 10, 1902.

being provided at one side with a lug or pro- SIGMOND SZENTJANOSSY. jection adapted to pass through one of said Witnesses: members, and said shield being provided with A. B. BESSENYEY,

lo a radiallymovable pin adapted to pass G. POLOMJI. 

